Construction

The City of Sault Ste. Marie is considering implementing development charges for new building projects in the city.

The province says it will make changes to the Ontario College of Trades, following the completion of a review into its practices.

The new toll booth plaza on the American side of the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge was officially opened Oct. 21. It marked the completion of a 16-month long, US$8.

The province has announced $69 million in funding for the rehabilitation of Northeastern Ontario bridges, culverts and roads through the Northern Highways Program.

Essar Steel Algoma is supplying structural steel bridge plates to build the new Champlain Bridge in Montreal. The Sault Ste.

Another nine kilometres of Highway 69 between Sudbury and Parry Sound has been four-laned. Completed at a cost of $55 million to the province, the new stretch of road between Highway 64 and the Murdock River is now in service.

Work is now underway on the replacement of the water-control dam in Latchford. The announcement was made in 2012, but construction on the $25.7-million project just began this past spring. Montreal firms Dessau Inc. and Hydrosys Experts-Conseils Inc.

Northern Industrial Services Group (NISG) wants to be the first — and only — call for Timmins businesses, whether it’s to collect their garbage or sweep their parking lot.

The provincial and federal governments are supporting Essar Steel Algoma as it undertakes a major retrofit of its Sault Ste. Marie steel plant.

A new construction industry lobby group is building its case toward tackling the issue of prompt payment in Ontario.